I didn’t expect the abrupt end to Linkin Park’s lead vocalist Chester Bennington’s life to affect me. But it did and I was brought to recognise a part of me that I was and probably still am not comfortable with. My music preferences lean towards a more classical genre, shaped by my dad’s daily indulgence […]

Lee Kuan Yew’s passing and the subsequent week of national mourning caused many Singaporeans to revisit the achievements of one of the most important figures in Singapore’s history. Lee’s absence will be felt but more importantly his void must be filled. Lee was a man who had a unique blend of skills that were relevant […]

I was asleep when the Boston bombs went off. I woke still hazy with flu to see my daily news feeds alert me that two bombs had gone off in Boston. Also, Iraq was hit by a death toll of 50 as Iraqis made their way to voter boxes. I looked up a few news […]

I have been fascinated with mass media for the past eight years or so. Mass media is such an important facet of life that it is almost impossible to come across anyone that is purely disconnected from the radio, television, newspapers, or even the internet. We live in a connected world not by force but by choice. […]

For thousands of years, nations were important building blocks of civilizations. As human beings, we found the need to cooperate and work with one another. We built societies, grouped people together for some mutually beneficial gain. May it be fishing villages or tiny states, we lumped together for necessity. Safety in numbers, prosperity through cooperation and basically economies […]

Soaring housing and car ownership prices, diminishing personal space and intensely cramp public transport services have led to a series of outcries from Singaporeans. We feel threatened and smothered with little space to move. As the population white paper was routinely passed after some fanfare in parliament, the result is the same. We are focused […]

Ever since SOPA and PIPA blared across the internet early this year, there has been consistent discussions about free speech on the internet. Over the course of 2012, we have seen the confusion of net neutrality, U.S. Elections, issues sprouting from Reddit and now Google’s opposition of UN’s regulations. Free speech and freedom of unrestricted […]

Sinofsky’s departure from Microsoft nearly mirrors Forstall’s move away from Apple. Both of them played key roles in Windows (7 & 8) and iOS (1 to 6) as leading visionaries and process driven leaders. Like it or not, both of them were control freaks and marginally psychotic in their approaches to leadership. But this was […]

I bought my domain 8 years ago and its main purpose was host sites that I created ever since picking up the language in Secondary 2. It was never my intention to blog even though that was pretty much what everyone was doing with their own domains. davejunia.com served as a host to sites I […]

Wars are like heated arguments, a disagreement that turns into a clash of egos. Many times, conflicts spin out of control deviating far away from the original point of disagreement. It is inefficient, a waste of energy and resources but yet we indulge in it. After all, winning egoistical battles and turning vindictive victors are […]

Singaporeans face the bell curve from the age of 12 and this may continue all the way till we retire. It is used in nearly all national exams including the PSLE and also in firms where they mark employees for promotion / firing. There is a natural reaction to simply call this measure brutal and unnecessary but […]

This might sound strange to most Singaporeans. For decades, everything Singapore was tied to its economy. Incredible growth, one of the four proud Asian Tigers / Dragons, an economy that weathered the Asian Financial Crisis and then a decade later a Lehman led version. Singapore has been an economist’s dream. Much credit has to be […]

It is easy to criticize. Easy to call for change. Easy to mock the system. How about fixing it? Every time a conversation on Singapore’s politics pops up, almost everyone will agree that our press is government controlled. As a matter of fact, yes, it is. Our media outlets are government controlled. There is almost no […]

This post is on religion which is a very subjective. Everyone interpretes religion differently. You see that in the vast numbers of religions, the vast denominations within religions (e.g. Methodist, Protestants, etc for Christians and Sunni, Aqidah, etc for Muslims). Within denominations there are differences between places of worship. And within places of worship, differences between members. […]

Hit the Ground Running Registration is done. Laptop is set (HP ProBook 4310s as decided earlier). So what’s left is bidding for my modules and prepping myself to put in 10hrs on school work per day. Not going to be fun but I like the idea that this is entire course of study is driven […]

I have to say that the last few days at home has been anything but pleasant. I don’t understand how he has to be in so much control of my life. How he thinks he knows everything and he knows me better than I know myself when in all honesty he got so many things […]

This state of nirvana is hard to attain yet everyone craves for it and do countless things to achieve it. Some believe that a financial windfall would trigger this out-of-the-world feeling, some even look to pills to feel light and happy. But what really fills a person with joy is a complete heart. One that […]

How much would you accept and take after? There are only two options out of this. Accomodate or influence. That’s what things are. Life is a continual struggle between influences. Even though we might fool ourselves to believe that it is possible for both parities to stand their ground, the intial outlay will cause little […]

Holy hell, here’s my first go at posting about love. This is gonna be written in stream of consciousness (at least what my stream of consciousness is like) You know the teenage years when your parents suddenly become distant objects. And that is actually built up from your younger years when you didn’t like certain […]

At some point you have to choose, to take one and leave the other. To weigh the options at hand and to pick the better one. It’s always hard to have to drop the second best, but its necessary because the best would leave if the decision is lengthily dwelt upon. I think such decisions […]

1. They think they can swim 2. They think they can float, thus pretending to swim 3. They think they are deficient if they cannot swim at the deep end. 4. They wanted to try (at the deep end). 5. They were given help. But they were too good to accept it. 6. They never […]